Silver Birch Care Limited
Registered name: SILVER BIRCH CARE LIMITED
Part of Silver Birch Care (Holdings) Limited groupSilver Birch Care Limited made £10.8m revenue and £892k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Silver Birch Care Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £10.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £892k profit and 117 employees. The company is classified under “other residential care activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2006
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £10.3m | £11m | £10.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | £2.9m | £3.6m | £8.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £7.4m | £7.4m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.5m | £996k | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.5m | £995k | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.3m | £785k | £892k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.3m | £785k | £892k |
| Staff costs | — | £5m | £5.2m | £5.2m |
| Employees (average) | 119 | 130 | 130 | 117 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 12.7% | 7.1% | 8.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 71.8% | 66.9% | 21.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £79.2k | £84.7k | £92.3k |
| Profit per employee | — | £10k | £6k | £7.6k |
| Cash conversion | — | −133.7% | −79.8% | −116.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲7% | ▼1.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼39.9% | ▲13.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.2% | 0% | ▼10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £907k | £1.2m | £386k | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £2.4m | £2.7m | £2.8m | £3.7m |
| Fixed assets | £843k | £1.1m | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £2.3m | £2.5m | £2m | £3.6m |
| Debtors | £484k | £247k | £931k | £556k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£2m | −£795k | −£1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £92.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −116.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲32%
- Now £3.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲219%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 117
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £1.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Silver Birch Care (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Silver Birch Care Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Clover Childcare Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Living Life (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- SBL Properties LtdFigures not disclosed
- Silver Birch Care (Residential Services) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Beeches UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £892k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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